by ADC | Nov 13, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Current fiscal year spending runs out Dec. 20, giving just a few weeks for a potential deal on all 12 annual spending bills. With Republicans set to control the White House, Senate and House next year, GOP leaders are mulling how long they want to extend current...
by ADC | Sep 26, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The House and Senate Wednesday passed a 12-week continuing resolution to keep government spending at its current level through December 20, lawmakers’ last big action before leaving town for campaign season. “Americans can breathe easy that because both sides have...
by ADC | Sep 25, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The House is expected to vote today on a continuing resolution that would fund the federal government at current spending levels through Dec. 20, averting a Sept. 30 shutdown. Because the bill is coming to the floor without a structured rule, it will need two-thirds...
by ADC | Sep 24, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The House is now expected to consider a three-gap stopgap spending bill on the House floor Wednesday under a suspension of rules, meaning the bill will need a two-thirds majority to move to the Senate to avert a shutdown. House Democratic leaders have signaled to...
by ADC | Sep 23, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday released the text of a continuing resolution to fund the government until Dec. 20, as The Hill reported. The House Rules Committee will start the process this afternoon in hopes of getting a floor vote Wednesday, which...
by ADC | Sep 20, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
There are now bipartisan, bicameral talks happening about a continuing resolution that would maintain current government spending levels into December, as The Hill reported. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) failed this week to pass a six-month continuing resolution...
by ADC | Sep 17, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
We’re less than two weeks away from the end of the fiscal year, and Congress does not yet have a deal to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. Here’s the latest. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is still trying to rally enough of his Republican...
by ADC | Sep 6, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Congress is likely to settle on an $833 billion defense spending level – when it gets around to passing a spending bill – Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) said this week, as Defense News reported. The topline figure he predicted is in line with a bipartisan budget agreement....
by ADC | Sep 3, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Lawmakers don’t return to D.C. until next week, but discussions are already happening about how to fund the government when the current fiscal year ends in less than a month. Punchbowl News reported Monday that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will propose a...
